Short YouTube commentary (creator: Kyle Balmer) announcing GPT-4o’s free rollout. The presenter states GPT-4o matches the paid ChatGPT model in capability but warns free users face heavy rate limits (reports of ~five prompts before being downgraded to GPT-3.5). He advises keeping a paid ChatGPT subscription for reliable access and notes expected premium features (voice and video) coming soon.
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If you haven't heard already, ChatGPT has a new model. It's called GPT4O. Dreadful name, I know, but it's just as good as the paid version of ChatGPT. However, it's totally free and can be accessed by anyone. It's rolling out bit by bit, so if you don't have it yet, just wait a couple of days and you should have it. So the weird thing is here that this new free model is just as good as the paid model of ChatGPT. So lots of people have been asking me, should I cancel My paid ChatGPT subscription? Why am I paying $20 a month if I'm getting the same thing for free? So the reason for this is that the new model, GPT4O, is extremely rate limited. If you're on a free plan, yes, you have access to it, But I've heard of some people who get five prompts and then they're cut off for the day. And as soon as you get cut off, you get kicked all the way from GPT 4.0 back to 3.5, which is no good. So if you do have a paid plan, I would suggest hanging onto it for now, because you'll be able to use the new model. And we're also expecting more premium features like voice and video being released this week.